Chapter 902: Experiments in Small Ecosystems
However, in the simulation, there is will be affected by genetic modification. To be on the safe side, Xu You decided not to let them undergo genetic modification.
After completing the verification work, Xu You shared the results with Lin Shi as soon as possible.
"That's great. This way, many people with extraordinary abilities will be born on Blue Star. But, teacher, there is one thing I don't quite understand."
"Well, go ahead, Lin Shi."
"After these people complete the genetic modification, how will it help us fight against the Proxima civilization? If their strength is only enhanced, it will not be able to fight against powerful technology."
Lin Shi’s meaning is very clear. In the face of powerful technology, human power does not mean much.
A strong man cannot defeat an ordinary person armed with hot weapons. In the face of technology, brute force seems meaningless.
"Indeed, if it is just an ordinary power awakening, it will not bring any help. But this is the first step we must take. Even if the effect is minimal at the beginning, it will definitely have a very important impact after a period of time."
Lin Shi didn't quite understand Xu You's explanation, but she was still trying hard to understand what he meant.
"According to my previous prediction, most of the first group of people who have undergone genetic modification will only gain attributes such as increased strength and physical strengthening. However, as long as we continue to study this mechanism, we can make better use of these abilities in the future..."
Having said that, Xu You changed the subject.
"Of course, simply increasing strength and strengthening the body are not necessarily useless abilities. Imagine if the human body was strengthened to the point where it could directly fight against thermal weapons, or could fly into the sky and hide underground without using any technological equipment, then we wouldn't have to worry about these problems anymore."
As Lin Shi listened to Xu You's words, her expression kept changing.
"Can they fight head-on with hot weapons... are they really human? Is this a technological force?"
"Biology itself is a type of science and technology. The modified humans are actually not fundamentally different from advanced technological equipment. Humans themselves are very sophisticated instruments. Even quantum computers, when combined, do not have stronger capabilities than humans."
Nowadays, humans can create all kinds of powerful equipment, but they still cannot create any new organisms, which is enough to prove how complex organisms are.
After Xu You's explanation, Lin Shi basically realized the importance of genetic modification.
"Then teacher, besides power-related powers, what other types of powers do you think there are?"
"Well... For example, strengthening brain power can make one calculate faster than an adult. Strengthening mental power can make one perceive things more powerfully. Or strengthening the elemental system, like an eel, can give out electric shocks, etc..."
Xu You proposed many types of superpowers at once, which made Lin Shi stunned.
Many of the types of superpowers that Xu You mentioned are found in science fiction novels and science fiction movies, but Xu You also provided a lot of scientific basis, so that this is not just a science fiction imagination.
"Lin Shi, what I want to try now is to strengthen creatures with certain elements. For example, do you think a creature like the Charizard really existed in the world?"
"Charizard... this creature shouldn't exist..."
In some human literary works, there are various creatures with magical powers, but Lin Shi feels that such abilities do not quite meet scientific standards.
"The ability to breathe fire may seem magical, but it's actually not as powerful as one might imagine. Humans can easily control fire , which is equivalent to a superpower of controlling fire in the eyes of other creatures. If a creature directly uses this ability, it will have some negative effects on its body."
After all, the temperature of flames ranges from a few hundred degrees Celsius to more than a thousand degrees Celsius. Such a high temperature can be said to be an ability that can hurt the enemy by a thousand and hurt yourself by eight hundred.
In nature, no living creature can withstand such high temperatures without causing any negative reactions in itself.
"Unless... this creature has other abilities that can resist the effects of high temperatures. But I don't think that such a strange creature can evolve in the evolution of nature."
"Yes, according to my inference, creatures that can create fire have indeed evolved in nature, but because the negative effects of this ability are too strong, this ability was eventually eliminated by nature. Now, I hope to optimize this fire-breathing ability through an experiment."
"Experiments? Teacher, do you mean that these small ecosystems we built are actually huge laboratories?"
"Yes, I plan to conduct such an experiment in the newly built small ecosystem. We will put monkeys and dinosaurs together to see if monkeys can adapt to this era and survive successfully if they are placed directly in the Jurassic period."
Hearing Xu You's words, Lin Shi also looked a little bit unbelieving.
"I know this experiment sounds a bit cruel, but at this moment, we really can't care so much. This universe is inherently very cruel. Only creatures that adapt to the environment can eventually survive on the planet. And when they face more powerful alien intelligent creatures, their ability to adapt to the environment is not even enough. Only those who are strong enough to dominate the environment can be qualified to survive in a higher dimension."
"Teacher, I understand your idea. Proxima Centauri are like dinosaurs in the Jurassic period, and we are like monkeys thrown into the Jurassic period. If we just maintain the status quo, our final result will be that we will be ruthlessly eaten by dinosaurs."
"Yes, that's the situation now. Facing powerful dinosaurs, monkeys have two main choices. One is to escape from this environment and hide in an environment without dinosaurs. The other is to strengthen themselves and make them stronger until they have the strength to fight against dinosaurs."
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In the following period of time, Xu You started this experiment as promised.
The newly constructed ecosystem is built according to Jurassic standards, with a variety of dinosaurs and other creatures from the Jurassic period.
